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Rust compiler error · checked with rustc 1.99.0

Rust error E0466: #### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler

What it means#### Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.

Retired: rustc no longer emits this error code. You may still see it in old answers, books and CI logs from older toolchains; the explanation below is kept for reference.

E0466Everything else
Retiredin rustc 1.99.0
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The compiler team's explanation

Note: this error code is no longer emitted by the compiler.

Macro import declaration was malformed.

Erroneous code examples:

#[macro_use(a_macro(another_macro))] // error: invalid import declaration
extern crate core as some_crate;

#[macro_use(i_want = "some_macros")] // error: invalid import declaration
extern crate core as another_crate;

This is a syntax error at the level of attribute declarations. The proper syntax for macro imports is the following:

// In some_crate:
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! get_tacos {
    ...
}

#[macro_export]
macro_rules! get_pimientos {
    ...
}

// In your crate:
#[macro_use(get_tacos, get_pimientos)] // It imports `get_tacos` and
extern crate some_crate;               // `get_pimientos` macros from some_crate

If you would like to import all exported macros, write macro_use with no arguments.

From rustc --explain E0466 (1.99.0), part of the Rust project, MIT or Apache-2.0. Official page.

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